Breaking: During Magruder HS Lockdown Board of Education was Hiding at College Park Luxury Hotel. @mcps @mocoboe

On Friday, January 21, 2022, Magruder High School students and staff were confined to classrooms for an emergency lockdown that lasted 5 1/2 hours.  

During the 5 1/2 hour lockdown, Montgomery County Board of Education members did not appear at Magruder High School or at the press conference held at the elementary school next door. The Board of Education didn't even issue a statement.  

Where were the Board of Education members on January 21st?  Keep in mind that the Superintendent is the Board of Education's secretary, treasurer, and included in their meetings. 

Board of Education members and staff were in hiding at a luxury hotel in College Park.

An alert citizen snapped a picture of the sign board in the lobby of the luxury hotel announcing the Board of Education's retreat.  The Parents' Coalition has since confirmed that the Board of Education was at the luxury hotel on that date.  

A retreat of the Board of Education is an open meetings under the Maryland Open Meetings Act, but this retreat was not shown on the Board of Education's calendar. 

The Parents' Coalition has filed an Open Meetings Act Complaint with the Maryland Open Meetings Act Compliance Board regarding this undisclosed, off site meeting.  

We look forward to learning what Board of Education members were doing all day at this luxury hotel that prevented them from engaging in any way, shape or form with the ongoing emergency situation at Magruder High School.